Fri 10/31 Make-up work: Write down one example each that shows Newton's 3 different laws of motion Used whiteboards to say whether demos showed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd law of motion
Thu 10/30 Make-up work: Do CD 7-1 pg 42(in file) Action-reaction force pairs are always on DIFFERENT objects The story of the bus and the puppy The farmer and the horse, a dramatic reading OAS - Death by Mentos CP homework: List an action/reaction pair from your daily life (due 10/31)
Wed 10/29 Make-up work: Do CD 7-1 (in file) In outer space, you accelerate by "throwing" something (like expanding gases) the opposite direction. Newton's 3rd Law: For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force Puller and holder on wheelie chairs both moved Pulling sideways with 2 scales hooked, they both read the same force If I push on the wall, the wall must push back on me (or I'd fall over!) Identifying Action/Reaction force pairs
Tue 10/28 Make-up work: Do page 26 worksheet (in file) Does a skydiver go up when they open their parachute? No, only looks that way to the camera guy who is still falling fast! Used Fnet = m*a to look at different acceleration and terminal velocity for Bronco the Skydiver. CP Homework: Identify an example of friction and pressure in daily life. (Due 10/30)
Mon 10/27 Make-up work: Get pages on 3 terms from file and answer the worksheet questions for all three. How to get across thin ice? Defining Pressure, Friction, and Terminal Speed
Fri 10/24 Make-up work: Page 1-2 of a =F/m packet (in file) Gravity and F=ma (Eureka 6: Gravity) Review how to use F=ma W=mg is a specific example of F=ma Comparing and calculating accelerations in a=F/m packet
Thu 10/23 Make-up work: F=ma practice worksheet (in file) Pitching: Acceleration takes time (Eureka 4: Acceleration pt 1) F=ma whiteboard practice Practice worksheet Reaction board CP homework (for Mon 10/28): Do one challenge problem from the practice sheet
Tue 10/21 Make-up work: Watch this video from 4:20 to 9:30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What happened when the robot arm pushed harder against the second toy block? 2) What happened when they dropped the hammer and feather in a room with no air? 3) What's one difference between mass and weight? TPS on the graph of our Monday experiement Re-do experiment, keeping the mass of the car the same and changing the pull Graphed it More pulling force => more acceleration Newton's 2nd Law: F= ma
Mon 10/20 Make-up work: Watch the first 6 minutes of this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What did they "turn off" to get the apple to stay still above the table? 2) How many rules did Newton propose for understanding motion? 3) What happened when the robot arm pushed its hardest against the "heaviest" and "heavy" masses? Connecting the physics dots: Newton's 1st Law, Inertia, Mass, Acceleration Puzzle: How does mass affect acceleration (with the same pull)? Graphed it CP homework: Pg 16 #3 (all parts) [due 10/21]
Wed 10/15 Make-up work: Worksheet pg 15 (all) & 16 (#1 & 2) What does direction mean for velocity? Is acceleration a vector? Reviewed falling things Learned how to predict where things would be in free fall.
Tue 10/14 Make-up work: Get Physics rate change worksheet and complete Q 1-6 Reviewed speed, velocity, and acceleration Whiteboard practice on rate change problems (DJ pay, football yardage) Worksheet with more practice on rates changing (not enough time...) CP homework: Write and answer a word problem using acceleration = (change in velocity)/(change in time) [due 10/15]
Mon 10/13 Make-up work: Get instructions for PhET moving man simulation (need java, probably won't work on smartphones) and complete 2 pages. Example of acceleration Used Moving Man simulator to connect motion to graphs CP Homework: Motion graphs packet (due Thu 10/16)
Fri 10/10 Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/) Terminal velocity is equilibrium for falling objects Mythbusters test if a penny thrown off the Empire State Building could kill someone
Wed 10/8 Make-up work: Answer questions 1-8 on worksheet CD 4-1 (in file) Review speed and velocity Define acceleration is change in velocity over change in time Washer drop demo 1st 8 questions of worksheet 4-1
Fri 10/3 Make-up: Complete speed and velocity worksheet Math Reaction video Speed and velocity worksheet Catchy Physics Phrases
CP Homework: Page of notes to use on test (due Tues 10/7)
Wed 10/1 Make-up: Obtain runner data and complete all the calculations on the worksheet
Graphed distance vs. time for the bowling ball
Measured the motion of a runner
Tue 9/30 Make-up: Obtain bowling ball motion data and make a graph of Distance (side) vs. Average Time (bottom)
Defining Motion, Bill Nye clip
Defining speed
Bowling Ball motion
Fri 9/26 Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and Inertia. Do CD 3-1 & 3-2. (in file) Eureka video - mass Review Mass vs Weight Review Inertia and Newton's 1st Law CD 3-1 and 3-2 CP created higher-order questions on notes for test
Thu 9/25 Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/)
Mythbusters on motorcycle tablecloth trick and Lethal Weapon surfboard
Wed 9/24 Make-up: Complete Newton's 1st Law - Mass, Weight, Volume #1-5 (in file)
We've been learning Newton's 1st Law
Inertia is the name for matter tending to do what it was already doing. Matter resists changes to its motion.
Eureka video - Inertia
Talked about differences between mass, weight, and volume
Whiteboard practice
Worksheet practice CP homework: Inertia and mass worksheet. (due 9/26)
Tue 9/23 Make-up: Complete "Jigsaw" sheet for all 3 scientist articles (in file)
Review objects at rest and in motion
Scientist and Motion jigsaw activity
Equilibrium review word search - write sentences using the words as a make-up assignment CP homework: Based on class notes, write 4 sentences using the word-search words. (due 9/24)
Mon 9/22 Make-up: Newton's 1st law reading and questions (in file)
Review of kinds of equilibrium
Flicking a card and leaving the penny behind & the tablecloth trick
=Objects sitting still tend to stay sitting still
Action figure goes over a cliff
=Objects in motion tend to keep moving
Read about Support Force and revisited Apple on a Desk
Fri 9/19 Make-up: Read section on dynamic equilibrium and answer 3 questions (in file)
Review Equilibrium
Balancing cards on a book while riding in a car?
2 kinds of equilibrium: static and dynamic
Looked at a graph of speed vs. time
Played with Phet Forces in 1d simulator CP homework (forgot to assign it Wed.): Write and answer one problem using equilibrium that does not involve hanging (due 9/19, moved to 9/22)
Tue 9/16 Make-up: Read section on forces and answer 3 circled questions at the end
Forces, vectors, what is a net force CP homework: write and answer an example problem using net force (due 9/17)
Mon 9/15 Make-up: Read Nature of Science packet (in file) and answer 3 questions at the end Group sorted cards into science IS and IS NOT Talked about which were hard or easy to decide Watched youtube video to decide for sure where things should be
Mon 9/8 - Fri 9/12
Vee Chart Projects: How does [...] affect the distance a toy car goes past the end of a ramp? CP homework: Think of at least one company or organization that would care about this kind of experiment and explain why (due 9/11) CP homework: Brainstorm as many steps as possible for your experiment (due 9/9)
Quarter #1 - Newton's Laws and Motion
Fri 11/7
Mythbusters / Make-up day
Thu 11/6 - Late start day / Career Fair
Wed 11/5
Make-up: Get data from Leslie and complete the rest of the worksheet
Coffee filter terminal speed experiment
Tue 11/4
Test #2 on Newton's Laws, v & a
Mon 11/3
Jeopardy Review
Fri 10/31
Make-up work: Write down one example each that shows Newton's 3 different laws of motion
Used whiteboards to say whether demos showed 1st, 2nd, or 3rd law of motion
Thu 10/30
Make-up work: Do CD 7-1 pg 42(in file)
Action-reaction force pairs are always on DIFFERENT objects
The story of the bus and the puppy
The farmer and the horse, a dramatic reading
OAS - Death by Mentos
CP homework: List an action/reaction pair from your daily life (due 10/31)
Wed 10/29
Make-up work: Do CD 7-1 (in file)
In outer space, you accelerate by "throwing" something (like expanding gases) the opposite direction.
Newton's 3rd Law: For every action force, there is an equal and opposite reaction force
Puller and holder on wheelie chairs both moved
Pulling sideways with 2 scales hooked, they both read the same force
If I push on the wall, the wall must push back on me (or I'd fall over!)
Identifying Action/Reaction force pairs
Tue 10/28
Make-up work: Do page 26 worksheet (in file)
Does a skydiver go up when they open their parachute? No, only looks that way to the camera guy who is still falling fast!
Used Fnet = m*a to look at different acceleration and terminal velocity for Bronco the Skydiver.
CP Homework: Identify an example of friction and pressure in daily life. (Due 10/30)
Mon 10/27
Make-up work: Get pages on 3 terms from file and answer the worksheet questions for all three.
How to get across thin ice?
Defining Pressure, Friction, and Terminal Speed
Fri 10/24
Make-up work: Page 1-2 of a =F/m packet (in file)
Gravity and F=ma (Eureka 6: Gravity)
Review how to use F=ma
W=mg is a specific example of F=ma
Comparing and calculating accelerations in a=F/m packet
Thu 10/23
Make-up work: F=ma practice worksheet (in file)
Pitching: Acceleration takes time (Eureka 4: Acceleration pt 1)
F=ma whiteboard practice
Practice worksheet
Reaction board
CP homework (for Mon 10/28): Do one challenge problem from the practice sheet
Wed 10/22
--Romeo & Juliet Viewing--
Make-up: N/A
Mythbusters - Bulletproof water
Tue 10/21
Make-up work: Watch this video from 4:20 to 9:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What happened when the robot arm pushed harder against the second toy block? 2) What happened when they dropped the hammer and feather in a room with no air? 3) What's one difference between mass and weight?
TPS on the graph of our Monday experiement
Re-do experiment, keeping the mass of the car the same and changing the pull
Graphed it
More pulling force => more acceleration
Newton's 2nd Law: F= ma
Mon 10/20
Make-up work: Watch the first 6 minutes of this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYVMlmL0BPQ and answer 1) What did they "turn off" to get the apple to stay still above the table? 2) How many rules did Newton propose for understanding motion? 3) What happened when the robot arm pushed its hardest against the "heaviest" and "heavy" masses?
Connecting the physics dots: Newton's 1st Law, Inertia, Mass, Acceleration
Puzzle: How does mass affect acceleration (with the same pull)?
Graphed it
CP homework: Pg 16 #3 (all parts) [due 10/21]
Thu 10/16 - Fri 10/17: MEA weekend = NO SCHOOL!
Wed 10/15
Make-up work: Worksheet pg 15 (all) & 16 (#1 & 2)
What does direction mean for velocity? Is acceleration a vector?
Reviewed falling things
Learned how to predict where things would be in free fall.
Tue 10/14
Make-up work: Get Physics rate change worksheet and complete Q 1-6
Reviewed speed, velocity, and acceleration
Whiteboard practice on rate change problems (DJ pay, football yardage)
Worksheet with more practice on rates changing
(not enough time...)
CP homework: Write and answer a word problem using acceleration = (change in velocity)/(change in time) [due 10/15]
Mon 10/13
Make-up work: Get instructions for PhET moving man simulation (need java, probably won't work on smartphones) and complete 2 pages.
Example of acceleration
Used Moving Man simulator to connect motion to graphs
CP Homework: Motion graphs packet (due Thu 10/16)
Fri 10/10
Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/)
Terminal velocity is equilibrium for falling objects
Mythbusters test if a penny thrown off the Empire State Building could kill someone
Thus 10/9
Make-up work: Watch the youtube videos below and then visit this page for more information
http://www.physicsclassroom.com/mmedia/newtlaws/efar.cfm
Answer the following questions 1) Which has more mass, the elephant or the feather? 2) If dropped on the earth, which would hit the ground first? 3) If dropped on the moon (where there is no air), which would hit the ground first?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z8g8OSOMzY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C5_dOEyAfk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur40O6nQHsw
Observed falling books, feathers, golf balls, ping pong balls, and tissues.
Terminal Velocity = equilibrium for falling objects
Wed 10/8
Make-up work: Answer questions 1-8 on worksheet CD 4-1 (in file)
Review speed and velocity
Define acceleration is change in velocity over change in time
Washer drop demo
1st 8 questions of worksheet 4-1
Tue 10/7
Make-up: Schedule a time with Leslie to make-up the test
Q1 Test #1: Equilibrium, Inertia, Motion
CP homework: Note sheet for test is due
Mon 10/6
Make-up: N/A
Jeopardy review: Inertia, mass, weight, speed, equilibrium
Fri 10/3
Make-up: Complete speed and velocity worksheet
Math Reaction video
Speed and velocity worksheet
Catchy Physics Phrases
CP Homework: Page of notes to use on test (due Tues 10/7)
Thu 10/2
Make-up: Complete Distance and Speed graphs for runner data
Watched "Tracking Speed" video
Complete runner worksheet and graphs
Wed 10/1
Make-up: Obtain runner data and complete all the calculations on the worksheet
Graphed distance vs. time for the bowling ball
Measured the motion of a runner
Tue 9/30
Make-up: Obtain bowling ball motion data and make a graph of Distance (side) vs. Average Time (bottom)
Defining Motion, Bill Nye clip
Defining speed
Bowling Ball motion
Mon 9/29
Make-up: N/A
Review Challenge Day - worked as a team to answer tough questions on the things we've been studying.
Fri 9/26
Make-up work: Use the notes to learn about mass, weight, and Inertia. Do CD 3-1 & 3-2. (in file)
Eureka video - mass
Review Mass vs Weight
Review Inertia and Newton's 1st Law
CD 3-1 and 3-2
CP created higher-order questions on notes for test
Thu 9/25
Make-up: Google "mythbuster results" and summarize how they tested any 3 myths (http://mythbustersresults.com/)
Mythbusters on motorcycle tablecloth trick and Lethal Weapon surfboard
Wed 9/24
Make-up: Complete Newton's 1st Law - Mass, Weight, Volume #1-5 (in file)
We've been learning Newton's 1st Law
Inertia is the name for matter tending to do what it was already doing. Matter resists changes to its motion.
Eureka video - Inertia
Talked about differences between mass, weight, and volume
Whiteboard practice
Worksheet practice
CP homework: Inertia and mass worksheet. (due 9/26)
Tue 9/23
Make-up: Complete "Jigsaw" sheet for all 3 scientist articles (in file)
Review objects at rest and in motion
Scientist and Motion jigsaw activity
Equilibrium review word search - write sentences using the words as a make-up assignment
CP homework: Based on class notes, write 4 sentences using the word-search words. (due 9/24)
Mon 9/22
Make-up: Newton's 1st law reading and questions (in file)
Review of kinds of equilibrium
Flicking a card and leaving the penny behind & the tablecloth trick
=Objects sitting still tend to stay sitting still
Action figure goes over a cliff
=Objects in motion tend to keep moving
Read about Support Force and revisited Apple on a Desk
Fri 9/19
Make-up: Read section on dynamic equilibrium and answer 3 questions (in file)
Review Equilibrium
Balancing cards on a book while riding in a car?
2 kinds of equilibrium: static and dynamic
Looked at a graph of speed vs. time
Played with Phet Forces in 1d simulator
CP homework (forgot to assign it Wed.): Write and answer one problem using equilibrium that does not involve hanging (due 9/19, moved to 9/22)
Thu 9/18 - Late start day
Worked on project make-up, watched Mythbusters Breakstep Bridge
Wed 9/17
Make-up: CD 2-1 Nellie Newton worksheet (in file)
Review net force
Practice using the equilibrium rule
Tue 9/16
Make-up: Read section on forces and answer 3 circled questions at the end
Forces, vectors, what is a net force
CP homework: write and answer an example problem using net force (due 9/17)
Mon 9/15
Make-up: Read Nature of Science packet (in file) and answer 3 questions at the end
Group sorted cards into science IS and IS NOT
Talked about which were hard or easy to decide
Watched youtube video to decide for sure where things should be
Thu 9/11
Make-up: N/A
Leslie's RHR classroom grid
Answers to "Interview the Teacher"
Mon 9/8 - Fri 9/12
Vee Chart Projects: How does [...] affect the distance a toy car goes past the end of a ramp?
CP homework: Think of at least one company or organization that would care about this kind of experiment and explain why (due 9/11)
CP homework: Brainstorm as many steps as possible for your experiment (due 9/9)
Thu 9/4 - Fri 9/5 (MAP Testing some periods each day)
Make-up work: Fill out a "Getting to Know You" sheet
Tue 9/2 & Wed 9/3
Orientation - no class